Example sentences of "[noun] on [art] few " in BNC.
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| 1 | California Kirkbride and Perry South both show a pattern of low investment on a few properties . |
| 2 | In both cases the composition and osmolarity are crucial to success and it is advisable to test any new batch on a few embryos before committing the entire culture to the treatment . |
| 3 | In effect this is already starting to happen through television concentration on a few top clubs with only a brief nod in the direction of the rest . |
| 4 | By switching from concentration on a few ‘ proof texts ’ in evangelism to a more balanced and comprehensive approach adopted by one of the four Gospels we might see better short and long-term results in our evangelism . |
| 5 | These included a concentration on a few sectors , a bias towards managerial and commercial interests , a limited appreciation of relevant contexts , the lack of a historical perspective , and a disciplinary imbalance including insufficient attention to economic factors . |
| 6 | I have personal doubts on the few modular courses I know well . |
| 7 | It became known that we were perilously short of hay because the haytiming on our pastures had been very poor that summer and it was impossible to bring enough in on the horse-drawn sledge on the few occasions we were able to get out . |
| 8 | Therefore the few staff sit up late at night to prepare lectures on a few things they know about and a lot of things they know not much about , and spend their time keeping one page ahead of the class and depending on the textbook . |
| 9 | Still , if you reinterpret ‘ focus on a few policies ’ to mean ‘ decide what you believe in ’ , the conventional wisdom becomes good advice . |
| 10 | ) Not wanting to be away from Previn for long periods , Mia crossed the Atlantic on a few weekends during the shooting . |
| 11 | Such is the general expectation that married couples will have children that those who do not want them , or want to put parenthood on a few more years , or sadly learn that they can not conceive , find themselves having to respond to veiled or not so veiled queries . |
| 12 | Just ten minutes from the airport you 've got erm thousands and thousands of Bangladeshis wanting to get home er and it 's embarrassing I find , being erm and the press find , being er at the airport er seeing all the attention on a few you know , western faces . |
| 13 | Went down town on a few errands . ’ |
| 14 | No but I did say about it Lester Piggott on a few weeks ago . |
| 15 | A number of very different trends were to be seen in a sample of frequencies on bus routes , ranging from consistent decline over the period since 1939 to slight increase in recent years on a few routes . |
| 16 | After the feasting tonight you three will leave the Rorim with an escort on a few days ’ patrolling . |
| 17 | Those outside the card-playing school viewed her suspiciously because she seemed to get embarrassing crushes on a few of her colleagues . |
| 18 | Burdened by hindsight , by a chronic fear of becoming bloated and self-indulgent , this indie generation tries to freeze-flame development at the point just before ‘ it all went wrong ’ , and so turns its back on the few things that went right . |
| 19 | Instead , George concentrated his efforts on the few remaining furry areas on an otherwise bare bear . |
| 20 | For reasons principally of economy , most county councils have preferred to concentrate development on a few villages which can then conveniently be provided with the full range of public amenities — schools , shops , libraries , sewerage facilities and so on-This saves on the enormous cost of duplicating amenities in every village and helps to direct and contain population growth to a few well-chosen sites . |
| 21 | Large families eke out an existence for six days a week on a few loaves and margarine . |
| 22 | ‘ I suppose we got a few more names on a few more files learnt a bit about Moscow 's accountancy procedures . |
| 23 | BOURSAULT : Belemnite chalk on a few of the very lowest slopes , mainly sand , sandstone , clay and lignites mixed with various calcareous deposits . |
| 24 | With perfect bad timing Inge , the au pair , had left that very morning on a few days ' holiday , and tomorrow was Nettie the housekeeper 's day off . |
| 25 | Zirnheld succeeded in placing bombs on a few trucks , while Jellicoe sat beside the road and saw nothing . |
| 26 | Apple is still expected to proceed with the tattered case on the few elements that were not thrown out , including the idea of using a picture of a dustbin to signify deletion of a file and the way Windows handles type fonts . |
| 27 | Gordon Callander : Much too junior to have responsibilty for planning , but it ‘ came to rest on his desk ’ ; nobody more senior ever reviewed plan he set out ‘ in handwriting on a few sheets of paper ’ . |
| 28 | Each NIC has attempted to develop a broad industrial base to satisfy domestic demand and diversify exports so as to reduce reliance on a few major primary commodities , e.g. coffee , meat , rubber . |
| 29 | He leaves it to the local man : the local man , whose tremulous reliance on a few patented drugs Hamilton observes with a speechless sneer . |
| 30 | After independence in the 1820s , an expanding plantation economy removed the forest and became dominated by coffee and bananas , with a dangerous reliance on a few exports . |